Adab as Social Currency: the Survival of the Qaṣīda in Medieval Sicily
This article explores the resilience of the qaṣīda as social currency in the Kalbid and Norman periods of Sicily. It demonstrates how the Kalbid emirs incorporated the sociopoietic function of the Arabic ode — its capacity to create bonds of social exchange based on a shared ethos — in their program...
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Language: | English |
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Universidad de Córdoba
2018-03-01
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Series: | Mediterranea |
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Online Access: | http://www.uco.es/servicios/ucopress/ojs/index.php/mediterranea/article/view/10767/9948 |